Using narrative descriptions of the author's own lived-experience of her ethnic heritage, Martinez offers a systematic interrogation of the social and cultural norms by which certain aspects of her Mexican-American cultural heritage are both retained and lost over generations of assimilation. Combining semiotic and existential phenomenology with Chicana feminism, the author charts new terrain where anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic work may be pursued.

About the Author
Jacqueline M. Martinez is assistant professor of communication at Arizona State University at Tempe.

Reviews
Jacqueline Martinez's book deepens our understanding of how transformation and liberation are (and, can be) achieved at the level of individual consciousness. An important contribution to the field of communication-a privileging of Chicana feminist scholarship and what it has to offer to communication scholars' theoretical and methodological endeavors. * Review of Communication *



Book Information
ISBN 9780742507012
Author Jacqueline M. Martinez
Format Paperback
Page Count 168
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 254g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 145mm * 13mm